“Many of you will take the view that the hospice helped my dad to accept his condition and die as painlessly and peacefully as he could. But you would be wrong... they allowed my dad to live!”Daniel Owen, son of a hospice patient

Work in a fulfilling and rewarding career

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding and forward-thinking service. The Hospice provides Specialist Palliative Care through its 14 bed Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Clinics, Oak Centre and extensive Community services. The main responsibilities of the post are care of hospice inpatients, support to the Community Nurse Specialist Team and advice to other professionals in the Wigan Borough. The post is fully supported by a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, including a Deputy Medical Director, two Consultants in Palliative Medicine, experienced Palliative Care Doctors, and training grade doctors on rotation.

This is an exciting opportunity to join an expanding and forward-thinking service. The Hospice provides Specialist Palliative Care through its 14 bed Inpatient Unit, Outpatient Clinics, Oak Centre and extensive Community services. The chief responsibilities of the post are care of hospice inpatients, support to the Community Nurse Specialist Team and advice to other professionals in the Wigan Borough. The post is fully supported by a comprehensive multidisciplinary team, including three Consultants in Palliative Medicine, other experienced Palliative Care Doctors, and training grade doctors on rotation.

The Senior Staff Nurse will work closely with the Team Managers and colleagues to ensure that the unit is efficiently and effectively managed and will be responsible for ensuring that the service delivers high quality, evidence based specialist palliative care to patients and their families with care, compassion and dignity.

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